Biographies & Memoirs

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Beyond the Secret Garden: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett (with a Foreword by Jacqueline Wilson)
Ann Thwaite
Condition: New
£9.99   £3.99

The definitive and revealing life story of the author of The Secret Garden, Ann Thwaite creates a sympathetic but balanced and eye-opening biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett who enchanted numerous generations of children.


Tiger Woman: A Wild Life
Betty May
Condition: New
£9.99   £3.99

The fearless tale of the original 'Party Girl', in her own frankly scurrilous words: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for its 125th anniversary


The World of Simon Raven
Simon Raven
Condition: Used, Very Good
£5.50

Once famous above all for his classic novel series about the misdeeds of English society in the 1950s and 1960s, "Alms for Oblivion", Simon Raven is now also recognized as a travel writer, a reporter at large of the seamier side of English upper-class life, and a commentator on the sexual mores of gay ...


How to be Champion: The No.1 Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography
Sarah Millican
Condition: New
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Sarah Millican's autobiography will make you laugh, feel normal and probably sniff your leggings.


The Gangbuster - To Catch a Gangster, You Have to Live Like One
Peter Bleksley
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Heroin.' As part of Scotland Yard's undercover team, it was Peter Bleksley's job to infiltrate some of the capital's most dangerous gangs and bring them down. Now a renowned policing and crime expert seen on the BBC and as the Chief on Channel 4's Hunted, Peter Bleksley reputation still precedes him the world over.


I Am Here: stories from a cancer ward
Johannes Klabbers
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What comfort can an agnostic give people who are suffering or dying?
Looking for more meaning in his work, Johannes Klabbers gave up a tenured academic position to spend his days caring for the sick and dying. He trained as a secular pastoral carer in a cancer hospital, and from the patients there he ...


Tesla: The Man, the Inventor, and the Father of Electricity
Richard Gunderman
Condition: New
£20.00   £12.99

The biography of Nikola Tesla, known as the father of modern electricity.


Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
Alice Robb
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£5.99

Can ballet ever be reconciled with feminist ideals?


How to be Human: Life lessons from Buddy Hirani
Manjeet Hirani
Condition: Collectible, Like New
£11.99   £6.45

How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone: 'A book of real power'   STYLIST, Best Non-Fiction Books of 2024
Cameron Russell
Condition: New
£18.99   £9.99

The realities of the fashion industry exposed in this devastating account of the life of a successful supermodel.


Secret Life of Uri Geller
Jonathan Margolis
Condition: New
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A completely revised and updated biography of Uri Geller in which the world famous man of mystery opens up about his work as a psychic spy for the CIA and Mossad - tying in with the release of a new documentary exploring this previously unknown area of Geller's past


Mostly Sunny
Janice Dean
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Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces. Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know there’s more to her ...


I'll Never Change My Name
Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Condition: Used, Very Good
£14.99   £3.99

Valentin Chmerkovskiy, the world championship-winning and beloved Dancing with the Stars ballroom dancer invites fans into his life as never before, sharing the experiences, including the failures and successes, that have shaped him, from his early childhood in Ukraine to growing up as an immigrant in ...


Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837
Condition: New
£19.99   £8.99

A fascinating series of essays exploring women's lives, opening with the tragic reign of Lady Jane Grey and concluding with the accession of Queen Victoria.


Hustling Hitler: The Jewish Vaudevillian Who Fooled the Fuhrer
Walter Shapiro
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Vaudeville manager, boxing promoter, stock swindler and card shark Freeman Bernstein was no stranger to the law. But the charges he was arrested for in 1937 were more serious than those he had ever encountered before. The most powerful and feared man in the world - Adolf Hitler - claimed that Bernstein ...


Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir
Lillian Faderman
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This modern classic of LGBT writing includes an introduction from Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties, and a new afterword from Lillian Faderman.

Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman who left Latvia to seek a better life ...


Hawking: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Everything
Joel Levy
Condition: New
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Well researched, insightful, and accessibly written, Hawking: The Man, the Genius, and the Theory of Everything is a tribute to an astounding life and a celebration of one man's world-changing work. On March 14, 2018, the world said goodbye to one of science's great popularizers. Stephen Hawking was ...


Places of Mind
Timothy Brennan
Condition: New
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As someone who studied under Edward Said and remained a friend until his death in 2003, Timothy Brennan had unprecedented access to his thesis adviser’s ideas and legacy. In this authoritative work, Said, the pioneer of postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his native Palestine, and an erudite ...


Shelf Life
Nadia Wassef
Condition: New
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The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef’s troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults ...


Hope Unseen
Scotty Smiley
Condition: Used, Very Good
£7.99

The inspiring, unflinching true story of “blind” faith, as Major Scotty Smiley awakes in a hospital bed and realizes his world is permanently dark he must stretch his faith like never before. Courageous, heartfelt, and honest, Hope Unseen challenges readers to question their doubts, not their beliefs, ...

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